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DOT’s New Emissions Rule is a Big Deal, Even if It Doesn’t Punish States for Polluting
OPINION: Infrastructure Bill Offers Too Little Progress on Climate and Equity
Talking Headways Podcast: Aging Adults and Climate Emergencies
I Lost My Job at Caltrans for Speaking Out Against Highway Widening
My concerns were repeatedly brushed off by my bosses, who seemed more concerned about getting the next widening project underway than following the law
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Bill McKibben Talks How Walking Can Help End the Climate Crisis — And Make Americans Happier
Bill McKibben Talks About Why the ‘Week Without Driving’ Campaign Is Only the Beginning
California Spends Too Little on Environmentally Friendly Transportation Options
A new analysis from the Natural Resources Defense Council found that California allocates less than twenty percent of available transportation funding to low-carbon modes - despite climate and livability goals to increase walking, biking, and transit as modes of choice. At the same time, the state is still investing in highway expansion.
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To Help Save the Planet, Take the ‘Week Without Driving’ Challenge
How Transit Saved Lives — And Became a Lifeline — During and After the Maui Fires
California Has to Stop Building Freeways. Now.
"People aren't used to thinking of freeways as fossil fuel infrastructure, but they are." And once built, there's no going back, no making up for the extra driving by trying to convince people that a bus or train might be a better choice - we're stuck with it.
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